 Um So here's the next thing though. We got to talk about man BTS to do military service in South Korea All right one This is crazy. I'll do a quick little reading for some of y'all who don't know for the one BTS is a massive K-pop band I first learned about them probably like 10 years ago at this point And they just been killing it and finally crossed over hit a whole whole another level for a k-pop music By like within the last like two three years Getting awards above American artists in American award shows stuff like that, right? So here's the article the seven members of BTS one of the world's biggest bands will perform military service in their native South Korea Their agency has said ending a long national debate over whether they should receive an exemption while many fans of the k-pop sensations were hoping the band members would be giving special consideration due to their contribution to the South Korean economy and International prestige the artists will serve almost two years in the military Long time. That's a long time. And I know you have some thoughts about that So I'm gonna let you go off on it. Yeah, so my first reaction to it was I was like, man I kind of hold their elbows up, you know saying and dip and I was like nah The South Korean government probably don't play and I actually think that article goes in detail about a couple other South Korean celebrities who tried to kind of escape it. Oh, really? Yeah, they talk about, um I think it's a composer or something they talk about with like the guy Tried to get out of it by getting US citizenship and then as soon as he as soon as he touched foot back in South Korea They got them, right? They set them up But I had a conversation with uh with Sam the other day and Sam it was weird because I was like man This is like terrible for them like bro They're gonna be taken away like you said that the the peak of their career They're just on like super super crossover and he was like nothing's gonna be great for him And I was like why he's a brother think about that comeback album like when they drop it He said that's just gonna be massive and I was like and I was like man goes back to last week's conversation of Building up a narrative brother like building up a really strong narrative. That's gonna make people buy in Yeah Yeah, I'm sure they're not gonna put him in like any like real danger You know saying like I read another article there, you know, like any military you can have different jobs within the military You can be having different skills and they they are a national international commodity point I'm pretty sure that their government is about to fuck that over commodity I think that was you who told me it was like there was like they're responsible for maybe a billion two three billion Yeah a year to the South Korean economy. They're not gonna let them get touched They're not putting me nothing. Hey man, you go be a teacher somewhere. You go be like a graphic designer Oh, let me let me see what their GDP is man Still in the trillions. That's a whole nother number Still a lot, right? That's still a lot that you know, but still three three billion Let me let's see if we can do you remember the exact number? It seems like two three billion and this was like a while ago when we had a concert there I'm sure it's growing by now and then plus bro. Like if something happened to be tears, bro Like k-pop fans everywhere. We're right. I got it. So it says Well, how BTS is adding an estimated five billion to the South Korean economy And it's not just them right because you know, you want to think of the government Well, why does the government as a whole especially if the GDP is still one one trillion like five billion is big But what is that to one trillion? Well, actually that is actually very small percent that that is a significant number Yeah, five percent of a trillion. Yeah, true. You know, that's probably more like point five Yeah, you are It is significant and You gotta think about the people who are the primary benefactors from that. Yeah So somebody's losing money. Yeah, like big money. Let's just say they're record label I don't know their full situation. Let's just say it's their record label and they're getting bank Of course because they're directly related to it. So you talk about that percentage of Korean GP But the record label this might be 80% of their shit. I don't know. I'm making up another that person And also to have that kind of money you got some clout within the pop political landscape Yeah, that person will a man. I done did too many favors y'all can't be having my guys out here like y'all are risking my assets right now Yeah, so like, okay. Okay, I get it. We they have to perform their duties I get it. But like you said, we can't we can't we gotta keep them safe We gotta keep them safe and the fans gonna fight for it Well, I mean it didn't really work so far, but I just I that's what I think but something seriously happens to them But K-pop fans were right, but that was something that happened is like last week that I feel like every couple of weeks Something happens to remind me how crazy like K-pop fans really are but they were like On Twitter like spasm because I think it was like a BTS Spotify Somebody noticed like a BTS Spotify was running or something like that and like they're like, oh, you know that Why is this ad running? You know I'm saying like so they didn't like that BTS had ads running Yeah, was it like oh, this is an organic type? Yeah, exactly. That's exactly what it was And so that fans are so but it's like their fans lose it as something as small as that, bro If something serious were to happen to them It would be crazy like I would I generally feel like that would be enough to start like I Don't know but like something like what's the car one like a mini silverware. There we go silverware There we go. Yeah, exactly, bro be a whole lot of beat up Ladies Bro, they gonna be out there in the streets fighting for BTS bro shit might be some people up here who go over there I'm saying to help out A lot of K-pop fans who would take off for so So it's like I was looking thinking about what Sam says like all right, you're right That's gonna be a great narrative for when they come back that comeback album probably stupid dog stupid. It's like going to jail Yeah, you're right. That's a good point Damn, that's a great point And you don't gel is practically a rollout plan sometimes and you don't get the negative stigma that's attached to going to jail. Your record is good. You know Sam Damn, that's a good point But I did see like what's the lead member Because I think they're they're they're not all going at the same time I think they're they all have like different points where they're gonna start because the oldest member the lead member He's not starting his sentence and or not sentence, but he's He's not starting his his service term until he drops his solo project and like I'll talk what it is I tell sometimes this month. I think it's like a couple weeks You know, maybe Let us get it your own about them, you know, well somebody The people around them they got some power like a man again y'all messing up that vest man Let us go ahead and exploit to the fullest as much as we can And so we can play and continue to manage this asset as much as possible. So please bro. Let's put the album out first Please let's put the album out first. I wouldn't be surprised if they started doing um Like some not br. What's the word? Not not not virtual hologram type shows Like crazy stuff. I hope not. I really hope not. I wouldn't be surprised. I don't much rather than do a live stream concert Maybe drop some kind of game, you know experience or something something that They keeps it like just popping and maybe they have A day a special event during right? So y'all in the service But y'all had this one special day to do like you said a live stream concert because them BTS I can't remember. Oh man, like bts. They've been ahead so long Remember it was during the pandemic. They were doing virtual shows. Yeah, you're right. Yeah campaign Yeah, that was killing it Like I think it was like it was at least 100 million for for um, let me see I could find this real quick virtual concert Money 2020 and I'm calling it now when they drop their first picture of them in their uniforms That's you're gonna break the internet. I'm calling it now. It's gonna be facts. She's gonna break Twitter facts I need to make that shit the nft though So that didn't even be the cover art for the next album BTS cash is in on a worldwide streaming concert Earning 90 million in three days. It's crazy It's 30 million a day for people who bad at math Like come on wait and oh snap. I don't even think this was this is actually not during the pandemic Oh, this is like recent or something. This says march 16 2020 Yeah There was a pandemic, right? Oh my bad. Yeah, no, I messed up 2022. Okay. Okay. That's all that weight Yeah, but yeah, so 2022 so I imagine maybe the concert was a few days before that or something But but yeah, so this this year, but I would keep that shit up too Because whatever they did during the pandemic, let's see if I can see the pandemic number Pandemic number real quick. All right, but I need to just go ahead and pre-record a bunch of concerts playing some live dates I'm saying get that last couple of fan meeting grease and Maybe drop a new merch line. They might as well go and cash out bro It's gonna be a no, I don't think it'll be a rough two years, but it's gonna be interesting I send them in the bro so many hours about to finally get a chance to like shoot to the top You know saying get to really compete. That's a big power player been taking out the game, bro. Oh, yeah Hey fashion bro come get your Hey, man. Take advantage. The competition is gone. I know somewhere. It's all these k-pop boy bands like yes Finally a chance. All right. So this they had a huge revenue from BTS It's two-day virtual concert is drawing attention. I should start saying these sources and everything So this is all k-pop. All right. It looks like a k-pop red or something Or maybe it's a reddit thread with k-pop branding, but big hit entertainment revealed that a total of 993,000 people logged into BTS's concert map of soul one During the two days of the concert. So 993,000 over two two days Considering the minimum ticket price is 49 49,500 krw. I don't know what currency that is. You know, y'all put some game in the chat on that Yeah That's what I do know the company has earned more than 50 billion krw's All right, which is let's see what the ui us revenue I need to know man. I gotta hit google real quick. I need to know Yeah 50 billion krw's. Let's see if we can get that in revenue. I think oh It's saying I think it's saying 43 million u.s revenue. Maybe I don't know Yeah, I think it's that's a weird In an invitation, but I think it's saying 43 million 43 500 million k What hold up 43 million 500 000 plus It's something like that. Yeah, all right And excuse us for trying to figure it out But these numbers are massive and if y'all don't know about BTS y'all should really follow them because they're amazing at their brand experience the way they've been using apps Live streaming and which I don't quite understand why people aren't live streaming like they like You thought would have happened during the pandemic. Yeah, people are like, whew Made it out of that. Let's go back to these shows. Yeah, y'all are really still missing out on additional Revenue like Duckworth where you at, bro? Your live stream was so fucking hard, bro That I need to see more. I don't know if you needed like sponsorships and what it takes Of course the work is the work my god, but your shit was amazing That should have been like at least a once a year of experience, man I watched that shit with my girl. She didn't even know who you were and she was like I'll go watch another one of these things. That was like a date for me, you know in the house For real, bro. Like for real I'm just saying man, like these live streams they could go somewhere creatively if you keep Like like people need to turn those. It's just another experience. It's another experience. That's another experience, bro It's another experience, but you don't have to deal with as much of liability. Nobody gonna throw a phone at you Nobody gonna go phone at you unless you planted it within the live stream, you know what I'm saying Like they might throw the phone because your live stream is bad, but Like that as an additional revenue stream Like it only asks especially if you make it an experience something that's legitimately dope Which in a couple of weeks, I want to talk about rihanna's uh Fashion show because I think it comes out in a couple of weeks and I know you still haven't watched one yet, right? No Shit is hard We're gonna wait to talk about intergalactic till then too because I think I watched that too Episode to package We're starting to think episodes people y'all give us some some some thoughts man We're gonna theme these episodes and talk about certain topics, but bts man. Shout out to y'all You know free bts As jacquaria said y'all sentence in the military